[Restricted Object] Shaman's Necklace

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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19th century

Wood, bone, hide and rawhide

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles, California

54.55.13192

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Clothing: Ceremonial

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013

Exhibition History

Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.

Provenance

Collected by painter and theorist Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959), possibly about 1938-39; Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967), Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 1954.

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